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PAGE TWO THE LINCOLN TIMES PvbHshed Monday and Thursday By Western Carolina Publistung Co. Inc., 17 North Public Square. MAUDE R. MULLEN Manager National Adyartiiing *tpra»#ntati*a American Press Association Haw York • Chicago • Oatfolt • Philadelphia SUBSCRIPTION PRICES: One Year, in advance $2.00 Six Months, in advance SI.OO Entered as gecond-class matter at the Poetoffice of Lineolnton, N. C. CommunicaUona Intended for pub lication ehonld be brief, and must be signed by the writer. Objectionable advertising not ac cepted. The publisher reserves the right to discontinue advertising with out notice. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1944. THE LADIES PROPOSED How comes the accepted tradition that it is the woman who proposes in Leap Year? It seems to have originated in Scotland during the thir teenth century, when there was a preponderance both of unmarried women and timid men. A law was passed which decreed that when a matrimo nially-inclined lady approach ed an eligible gent during Leap Year, he had to say Yes or fork over a fine. Apparently that solved the spinster problem for the Scots, for soon similar laws were en acted in France and in Italy. Thus the tradition was born. The women of America, however, waited neither for government decree nor for traditional Leap Year to pro pose wedding themselves to industry when our country was imperiled. History will record their considerable achievement in war produc tion as well as in the uniforms of the armed forces. Some of them may remain at work in postwar, due to the sacrifices paid in battle by their breadwinners. Industry, which has helped them make the most of their talents in its necessity, will help them again in theirs. But the great majority of war-working women will pre fer, surveys show, to return to their domestic duties and do ings. They will resume their usual utilities and their femi nine frills with the grateful thanks of us all, and the inner consciousness of a job—volun tarily entered into nobly done. MIRACLES POSTPONED The super-super automo biles and the miracle homes which many of us are expect ing to see soon after the war ends, are now being relegated to a more distant future. Spokesmen for the automo bile industry are almost unani mous in agreeing that the first new cars after the war will be very similar to those made be fore the war. After that many improvements will be added, but they will be added gradu ally just as they have always been. It is true that many im portant inventions have been made to add to our comfort, speed and safety in automo bile travel, but the industry probably won’t serve them to us all in one helping. The same is true in the hous ing industry. The first homes built after the war probably won’t be very different from present modern homes. The first home improvements which are marketed will un doubtedly be improvements which can be added to older homes as well as installed in new homes. We are going to see marve lous improvements after the war in cars, homes, household equipment and farming equip ment. But anyone who waits to buy until the ultra-ultra model of their dreams comes out is apt to have a long time to wait. HORROR STORIES The torture stories recently released by our war depart ment—stories of how Ameri can soldiers had been subject ed to inhuman treatment in Japanese prison camps—are by far the most horrifying sto ries that have come out of the war. Although we fear those sto ries are true, we hope that pro pagandists, who are paid to in crease the morale of our civil ian population, will not be tempted by the effect these true stories have had on the people to “iment” other hor ror stories in an effort to get us to play a more active part in the war program. During the last war we re member that many stories of this nature, which were often not too carefully checked, were released for our con sumption. None of us want such stories—we pray that such things won’t happen— but at the same time we don't want the truth kept from us. The long delay of the war department in releasing these stories indicates that they checked them in detail before permitting publication. The stories make us realize more clearly than ever before the fiendish nature of the enemy we are fighting in the Pacific. They will make us work hard er than ever to beat that ene my in the quickest possible time. But those stories also plant within us a feeling of desper ateness which cannot find suf ficient expression m pure phy sical force. They make us feel as Lincoln did in the darkest moments of the Civil War. when he said: "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming convic tion tnat I had nowhere else to go." VALE NEW S ITEMS Jesse Craig, of Toledo, Ohio, is visiting his relatives in the Vale and Valdese communities. Farris E. Martin has a position on the technical stats of the U. S. Rub ber Co., in Charlotte, as a junior chemist. Miss Edith Tallent has returned to Newport News. Va. Thurman Hudson, of Gastonia, was a week end visitor in the Yale lo cality. Carr Goodman visited D. J. Mar tin Sunday. Loyd Hull and famil y were week end visitors at the home of Osto Hull. Post Office Handles 33 Billion Articles Washington, Feb.. 4. —Due entirely tc the war, the number of pieces of mail handled annually by the Post Office Department jumped to a high of 33,392,314,802 last year. 2,551,- 203,000 pieces being handled for members of the armed services. A regular postage rate of three cents a letter this mail, most of it carried free, would have boosted the department’s income by $75,000,000. The average number of pieces of mail handled weekly per soldier, Postmas ter General Walker said today, is 6.13, of which 5.1 are free and 1.03 are paid. State College Hints To Farm Homemakers A cold egg just out of the refrig erator separates most easily because the white is firm and th e yolk less likely to break, but the white whips best after the egg has warmed to “room temperature.” How long to whip is another se cret the cook needs to know. Whites should be whipped stiff but not dry, If they are to hold their bubbles while they are folded into a cake mix ture and then cooked, they must not be stretched too thin by overheating. Whip until the white will hold up in a soft peak and looks glossy but not so long that it looks dry. A pinch of salt helps egg whites hold their stiff ness. On the other hand even a small particle of fat in the white will pre vent it from beating stiff. Low or moderate heat is the rule for cooking egg white dishes. A little kneading usually produces better biscuits than too much or none at ail. In biscuit mixing tests home economists used the standard recipe: 3 cups sifted flour; 4 teaspoons bak ing powder; 1 teaspoon salt 4 table spoons fat; 1 cup of milk. The ingte dients were stirred together in a bowl until just moistened, then turned out on the board. The first batch of dough was not kneaded at all. hut quickly rolled out, cut and baked. The bis cuits came out flat, crusty, only fair ly light. The second batch was given long, strenuous kneading. The bis cuits were tough, flat and close grained. In the third test the dough received only 18 strokes of knead ing. The result was light, flaky, ten der, tall biscuits. SAVE PAPERS DON’T BURN IT Waste paper now ranks with steel, iron, aluminum and rubber as No. 1 war essential. Every discarded newspaper and magazine, wrapping, carton, card board box, even the smallest scrap of paper, must be saved to bolster the fast diminishing stock piles of the paper mills. This scrap paper is being made into carton containers for blood plasma and food for the fighting men also into cases for ammunition. The uses of scrap paper for war are in numerable. Saving scrap paper is a patriotic duty within the reach of everybody. The Boy Scouts in Lineolnton are collecting waste paper. When you have any get in touch with them. THE LINCOLN TIMES, LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, FEB. 7, 1044 Relatives aad friends are in vited to send in for publication in this column, news of interest concerning the boys who are serving in the Army, Navy, Ma rines or Coast Guard. Addresses I of ail service men are also want- | ed. Letters to this newspaper j from service men will be publish- j ed. Corporal Huffstetler Receives Promotion Corp. Marshall E. Huffstetler. of Route 4. Lineolnton. X. C.. has been promoted from the grade of Pfc. This was announced today by the com manding officer of the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. J m Miami Beach, to which he is as signed as a member of the Provis ional Headquarters Squadron. He entered the Army on August 1. 1942. Now he is one of the Perma nent Party personnel at the AAF Re distribution Station No. 2, where new assignments are recommended for AAK returnees from theaters of op erations. The returnees are examined by specially selected medical and classification officers whose joint find ings are used in determining new as signments. Richard Beal, Jr., In Merchant Marine Richard B. (Dickie) Beal. Jr.. 18- year-old son of Mrs. Katymaye S. Beal, of Jacksonville, Fla., and grandson of Mrs. R. F. Beal, of this city, is now a junior deck offfcer in the Army Transport Command, divis ion of the Merchant Marine. Prior to entering the Merchant Marine service in June, 1943. he at tended Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville. On completion of the recruit train ing in U. S. Maritime Service Train ing Station in St. Petersburg, he transferred to the Army Transport Service, later being selected to at tend Officer Candidate School, from which he graduated last November. At present lie is stationed in New Orleans, La. ADDRESSES— The address of Pvt. Lester J. Smith. 34896545. is Co. D, 25th Bn., T'.n Regt.. I. R. T. C., Fort McClellan, Ala. Private Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Smith, of Vale, R. 1. Charles Ray Canipe, G-M 3-C, has returned to his base at Norfolk, Va., after spending a leave here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Canipe. S. 2-C Weaver M. Cagle now gets his mail from Fleet post office, San Francisco, Calif. HANDICAPPED. “My papa got an invitation to be the judge at the spring flower show.” “What does your papa know about flowers ?” “That’s just the point. A judge is supposed to be neutral, and every body said my papa didn’t smell so very good.” j Superflame j INCUBATORS AND BROODERS That’s because Sinclair Super Flame Kero sene bums clear and clean. There’s no odor or gases to kill the hatch because waste elements that cause them are taken out by expert refining. Super Flame will save you money, too, because it gives maximum usable heat per gallon. You won’t need as much. Try it. Oil IS AMMUNITION - USE IT WISELY ELMORE GOODSON, Agent Sinclair Refining Co., Lineolnton, N. C. War Casualties Put At Least 25,000,000; British More Than U. S. Balt imorc, Feb. 3.—Military ex perts and civilian observers estimate that the total Allied and enemy casu alties of the current war in excess of 25,000.000. The Baltimore Evening Sun said today, adding that U. S. casualties have been less than those of any other major combatant na tion. ”In the two years since Pearl Har bor,” the newspaper said, "our casu alties have been less than those we suffered in the 19 months of fighting in World War I.” The British figures, excluding civ ilians, was estimated at five times that of the United States. |WOMEN FOR WAR WORK NEEDED IMMEDIATELY No previous experience necessary. White women needed for production of essential war materials. Transportation Facilities Good Working ‘Conditions Rest Periods Cafeterias Apply at your nearest U. S. Employment Service Office or The United States Rubber Company Charlotte, N. C. York Road (If already in essential em ployment stay on your job.) n.illlr 1 SOlj) I ER^luv 15-DAY SUPPLY OF COAL FIXED Raleigh, Feb. 4.—The Solid Fuels Administration for War announced here today that no retail coal dealer may deliver solid fuel to a consumer who has as much as 15 days supply on hand. Explaining that the order resulted from a severe coal shortage, the ad ministration said that a retailer may deliver to a consumer, who has less than a 15-day supply, an amount which when added to the consumer’s supply, will not result in his having more than is necessary to meet his minimum burning requirements for 15 days. The consumer must certify to the dealer the amount on hand. OLD FASHIONED. He—Say. whatever became of those old-fashioned girls who fainted when a boy kissed them ? She- Huh! Whatever became of the old-fashioned boys who made them faint? This is Your “Battle Flag’i HERE AT HOME • '1 rl L raWSSSM Display your colors now! ring this 4th War Loan Drive you are safest investment the world has ever known. IS again asked to do something extra to help So before you look into your wallet— LOOK smash the Axis. I oar part is to invest in at into your heart. Your company, the place least one extra hundred dollar Bond. But don’t where you work, has been given a quota to stop there if you can do more. For remember— meet in this 4th War Loan Drive. Do your no matter how many Bonds you buy—no mat- part to help meet this quota. And remember, ter what denominations they are you get hack millions of America’s fighters are waiting for on maturity $4 for every $3 you invest. And your answer, your pledge that you are backing that's on the word of Uncle Sam, creator of the them to the limit BACK THE ATTACK! * Tbi» i. an official U. S. Treasury advertieemant—prepared under tie .uepicee of Treasury Department and War Adeartiaiu, Con noil D THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FOURTH WAR LOAN CAMPAIGN BY The First National Bank I LINCOLNTON, N. C. LINCOLN COUNTY’S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM FOR SALE—Good 38- model Packard 1 good tires, radio and heat er; good condition. See Will G. Jones, Boger City. Dr. Aubrey L. Palmer Charlotte Optometrist In Lineolnton each 1 hursday 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. 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